Aug 07, 2014

The Partners Group

Bonville

The Partners Group Employee Benefits Division hired Mike Bonville to expand into the Mountain States. Bonville will open an office in Bozeman, Montana, for the Portland-based firm and also work for clients in Idaho and Utah. He has experience in the benefits industry including sales, marketing, brokerage sales and policy administration, and was sales manager in Oregon and Montana for LifeMap Assurance.

Symbios Consulting

Will Lutgen and Scott M. Lindsay have formed Symbios Consulting in Vancouver to provide business counseling, industry marketing and government affairs services involving energy and technology in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, California, Nevada, Montana and Idaho. Lutgen recently retired from Northwest Public Power Association and Lindsay was NWPPA's director of government relations and regulatory affairs.

Dollar Sense Financial Coaching

Financial advisor Julie Blanchard recently completed a certification program through The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts that she says will help clients avoid common financial pitfalls of divorce.

Aug 06, 2014

24 Hour Fitness

24 Hour Fitness will open a 24 Hour Fitness Super-Sport club on Saturday at 18006 120th Ave. in Bothell. Zach Miller is club manager. The 43,147-square-foot gym will be open around the clock.

REI

REI hired Alex Thompson as vice president of communications and public affairs. He was executive vice president of corporate and public affairs in the New York office of Edelman, a global communications firm. He also worked for Edelman in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

The Partners Group

The Partners Group is expanding offices in Bellevue and Bend, Oregon, and is expanding operations in the Portland market with a new office in Lake Oswego. In the past 18 months the firm has added 30 employees and is planning more hires this year. The Bellevue office is scheduled to move to 11225 S.E. Sixth St., Suite 100, in September. Partners Group is an independent, financial and insurance consulting firm.

Aug 05, 2014

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Campbell

Jennifer Campbell, an attorney in the Seattle office of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, was elected treasurer of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers. Campbell is co-lead of Schwabe's Business and Product Liability practice group.

The Partners Group

The Partners Group is expanding its offices in Bellevue and Bend, Oregon, and opening a new office in Lake Oswego, Oregon. In the past 18 months the firm has added 30 employees and is planning more hires this year. The Bellevue office will move to 11225 S.E. Sixth St., Suite 100, in September. Partners Group is an independent financial and insurance consulting firm.

Symbios Consulting

Will Lutgen and Scott M. Lindsay have formed Symbios Consulting in Vancouver to provide business counseling, industry marketing and government affairs services in energy and technology in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, California, Nevada, Montana and Idaho. Lutgen recently retired from Northwest Public Power Association. Lindsay was NWPPA's director of government relations and regulatory affairs.